SO LEADER of Opposition Mr.Rahul Gandhi indulges in yet another anti-national diatribe in the US -- this time stating that Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi did not handle the issue properly and that the country lost 4,000 square kilometers of land to China during the GalwanValley face-off four years ago. Mr. Gandhi’s purpose was clear -- to paint the Prime Minister as a weak leader the country is saddled with. True, Mr. Gandhi has stated this a few times in the past as well -- and was suitably rebuffed by knowledgeable sources. This time, Mr. Gandhi chose a foreign country to make the absolutely derogatory and false statements about India-China border row, and tried to portray Mr. Narendra Modi as a leader who compromised national interest.

 

This is an utter falsehood and intended for certain politic al effect, no matter the reality.This shameful approach of the Congress leader is absolutely reprehensible, to say the least. As we come up with the third consecutive editorial statement on the issue of irresponsible but deliberate anti-India statements by Mr. Rahul Gandhi, we do so on the back up of the research our team conducted about the details of how early Indian leadership acted coyly and surrendered national interest before the aggressive Chinese. The details from pages of history will enlighten the esteemed readers about the stark difference between the approach of the Indian leadership in the early years after Independence and that of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. Enough evidence has come up during the last several decades since the 1962 aggression of China to prove how Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Government mishandled the crisis and how China grabbed as much as 43,180 square kilometers of Indian territory taking full advantage of the weak-kneed Indian leadership. Enough evidence is also available with the current Indian Indian population how India entered an weapon-to-weapon, man-to-man, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with the so-called mighty Chinese forces in the deep and higher recesses of the Himalayas four years ago.

 

Popular memory of the famous Doka La face-off, too, is still intact when the Indian troops stood tall and strong against the Chinese forces for seemingly endless lengths of time. And all that happened with the explicit green signal from the national leadership with Mr. Narendra Modi as Prime Minister. The Indian forces were brave and strong even in 1962 -- which got proved by later developments. But the national leadership then was weak-kneed and advised restraint to its own troops fearing a stronger Chinese retaliation. The Indian leadership then did not even consider possible Chinese hostilities despite clear signals to that effect. All this is recorded in history as authentic detail -- which Mr. Rahul gandhi wishes to ignore. Obviously, he is least interested in truth and more interested in denting national integrity by indulging in falsehood -- which our research proves. Many such attempts have been made successfully -- only to prove that by 1963, India lost as many as 43,180 square kilometers of its territory to China. We put these details up so that the perspective is clear - - about how Mr. Rahul Gandhi is indulging in spreading utter falsehood about India and its present Prime Minister. Time it is, therefore, for us to point to him the reality of his own great-grandfather mishandled the Chinese issue and damaged Indian interests almost permanently. We would never want to malign any leader just for the heck of it. Yet, we find it our duty to bring to fore the facts and figures so that the larger society knows the reality of history and the myth of Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s dirty politics.